PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, October 5, 1989
Response To Education Summit:
Bush Needs Broader Position On
Furthermore, he told the
pre-summit gathering, “we
advocate governmental
support by way of tuition
tax credits at the federal
level and educational
vouchers or certificates at
the state and local level to
assist parents financially”
as they attempt to “edu
cate their children accord
ing to their conscience.”
WASHINGTON (CNS) — It takes something extremely
monumental for a president to summon the nation’s gover
nors to a “summit” — it’s only happened three times in the
20th century.
But education fit the bill, bringing President Bush and 49
governors together for brainstorming Sept. 27-28. Other
summits were called by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 to fight
environmental problems and Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 to
discuss the Depression.
“We’ve reached agreement on the need for national per
formance goals, on the need for more flexibility and ac
countability, the need for restructuring and choice,” Bush
said at the summit in Charlottesville, Va., before heading
home. “And I agree.... This is a major step forward in
education.”
Afterward, the first thing the chief executive did on ar
rival on the South Lawn of the White House was praise
public and non-public schools, including Catholic schools,
who were recipients of Department of Education awards
for educational excellence.
While the summit revolved around the ideas of Bush and
the governors, Catholic educators and other non-public
school officials got chances to offer recommendations in
pre-summit meetings and reports.
They didn’t skimp on advice, either, especially when it
comes to allowing families and communities more flexibili
ty in choosing the best schools for children.
“The Catholic Church has been the foremost advocate for
and defender of the right of parents to choose an education
most suitable for their children,” said Father Thomas G.
Gallagher, secretary for education at the U.S. Catholic Con
ference, in a pre-summit meeting organized by Lauro
Cavazos, U.S. secretary of
education.
Parents “must be provid
ed the opportunity — un
constrained by economic
condition — to freely exer
cise that right and to fulfill
their God-given respon
sibility,” Father Gallagher
emphasized.
HIGH SCHOOL ROOF DAMAGE — In Sumter, S.C., St. Jude Central
High School, lost part of its roof on the junior high wing from Hurricane
Hugo which hit Sept. 22. A school room received an unwelcomed
skylight when the roof was torn away.
Similarly, in written
testimony, Sister of St.
Joseph Catherine T.
McNamee, president of the
National Catholic Educa
tional Association, told
Cavazos that Catholic
educators urged the gover-
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Parental Choice
nors to "include private education in the debate on parental
choice at the state level and in considering options, that you
discuss the possibility of vouchers and/or tax credits which
will make such choice possible.”
Bush and at least one gubernatorial participant in the
summit did promote the idea of choice — although it was
not immediately clear how extensively their version of
choice among schools might include non-public schools.
Details of goals adopted at the summit are to be fleshed
out in a report, scheduled to be completed by February.
“Children differ in their interests, learning styles and
capabilities,” Bush told the summit. “I see the day when
choice among schools will be the norm rather than the ex
ception.”
Another leader at the summit, New Mexico’s Republican
Gov. Garrey Carruthers, said the officials had "talked a lot
about empowering. We’re going to empower parents by en
couraging choice” and empower teachers and communities
through various innovations, he said.
In his remarks to the school representatives on the White
House lawn. Bush did not repeat his comment on educa
tional choice.
Nonetheless, he did cite the range of schools being
honored, noting that "some are private, some are religious
ly affiliated, some are public" but all share “a determina
tion to excel” and are "America’s best.”
Michael J. Guerra, executive director of the secondary
school department at the National Catholic Educational
Association, said Catholic educators were pleased that
Bush pointed out that some of the schools were private or
religiously affiliated. Along with the Catholic schools,
several Protestant schools were honored for educational
excellence.
Furthermore, in discussing education, Bush “talked
about the need for high standards. We agree. He talked
about using the office of president to promote excellence in
education. We think that’s a good thing.”
But, in Bush's comments to the public and non-public
educators at the White House, “he did not say anything
about parental choice. We think that's especially regret
table,” Guerra said. Previously, Guerra added, “we’ve
been arguing with him that his vision of choice is too nar
row.”
In model legislation drafted by the Bush administration
and introduced in Congress in April, the White House pro
posed citing outstanding private and public schools as
Presidential Merit Schools, which would receive monetary
prizes. Bush’s legislation similarly proposed monetary
prizes for outstanding teachers in public and non-public
schools, except for “teachers of religion — other than
religion as an academic discipline."
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